Left 4 Dead 2 Sells 2 Million in 2 Weeks

Released just two weeks ago, over 2 million retails copies of L4D2 have been sold worldwide and the game appears to be on target to become one of the top selling Xbox and PC titles for the month of November. Sales to date are more than double the original title, which was released exactly one year prior to L4D2. And "Black Friday" promotions during the title's second week of availability in North American resulted in stronger than expected sales in L4D2's bid to become one of this year's best selling releases on both platforms.

My PC is too underpowered to play this game anywhere near what I would like, and there's no way I'm paying subscription fees to simply play my games online. I won't buy this for my 360.

This seems like a no brainer. Bring this to the PS3 and people will buy it which equals more money for Valve.

I guess Valve simply doesn't want more money.

Edit below: Begging? Please. I have plenty of games to keep me occupied. I don't need L4D2. I've got too many games to play as is. I was simply saying if they did release it to the PS3, I'd probably add it to the pile. If they don't, their loss, not mine.

Who said this game wasn't going to sell. The first game sold over 2 million on it's own. So at least 1/2 of those people were going to buy L4D2, and when it's on sale for only $35 on BLACK FRIDAY (nearly 1/2 the price) what do you think it going to happen?

Darkride we know you're a fanboy so stop trying 2 disguise it and just accept.

And no Valve will probably make more money selling it on 360 than having to develop it on PS3 which would clearly sell less copies... "This seems like a no brainer." That's because you have no brain, it does actually cost money to develop for another console. Valve don't make games for PS3 so it'd cost an awful lot 2 learn how 2 starting now. When they could just make it on 360 really quickly and sell a ton regardless?

It's their loss? I don't think they mind not having someone like you playing their games lol.When they're selling 2 million in 2 weeks on only 2 platforms so they've already made their money back.

Just look at die_fiend's comments. Rather then make a valid argument, he'd much rather just throw around insults.

It is a no brainer. You can sell to a potential market of 32 million 360 owners or you could almost double that potential market by including 27 million PS3 owners. If it weren't worth developing a PS3 game for those 27 million no one would develop any games for the PS3, multiplatform or otherwise. Clearly that's not the case. Many developers have commented that the cost of developing on multiple consoles is more than made up for by nearly doubling the amount of users they can potentially sell to.

This has nothing to do with your idiotic console wars nonsense. This is simply business, and Valves decision to not make more money puzzles me. I can only assume that at this point it's lack of resources. Maybe they only have the money up front to develop one version of the game, or don't have enough budgeted to hire on any PS3 developers. Or maybe it's just loyalty to Microsoft. It's no secret Valve is founded by Microsoft millionaires, and who knows what type of deals Valve and Microsoft currently have.

At the end of the day I know that if they released this game for the PS3, I would buy it (or if XBL fees were dropped I'd get it for the 360), but unless they do I'll simply skip it and move on to something else. A good game is a good game, regardless of what platform it's on. I have no console loyalty, I simply have a preference at the moment.

I like how they spun this and included PC sales and played by 1 million gold subscribers. Not sold 1 million copies on the 360 though.. Of course it sold like crazy on PC you could buy it along with every other Valve game last weekend for under 50 dollars! So even people who didn't want it got it along with HL2/CS/etc..

Played by 1 million gold subscribers means that stat includes borrowed versions/rented versions aswell as pirated versions of the game. I can't honestly believe MS are now using pirates to boost their stats..... Oh wait...

Lets just see the 360 sales and not the PC AND 360 sales eh before you 360 fanboys start saying its AAA title.

Who is bashing the game? i've read all comments above me and not 1 bashes the game, please stop leaping to the games defense when no one is even attacking it, i haven't played it, i only game on a ps3 but i believe it is a good game(based on reviews and player comments).

On topic, 2 million is really good and it could prob do 3mil by years end, maybe more.

@ceedubya9 no but I bet you about 70% of them 2 million sales were the PC version of the game. I'm not saying it won't sell over 1 million in time. I'm saying it hasn't yet.360 fanboys are going on like its sold 2 million on the 360 only saying its huge because of that reason. The whole thing is twisting and a joke. I'm not even saying the games not deserving of the sales. I am just saying as usual MS fanboys have to twist the truth in order to try get one up on PS3 and it's really sad. How about you tell us how many copies it sold on just 360? I will tell you so far since launch worldwide its sold 0.69m on the 360 so it must be 1.3m+ on PC. Its sold nearly DOUBLE on the PC then, THAT is why these fanboys are including PC sales. (according to VGchartz for 360 version.)

1 million plays on live?? Can you say pirates? Oh and as for you AAA boys? Any game with a Metascore UNDER 90 is not AAA sorry. The PC version can be classed as AAA but definitely not the 360 version.

Well MS does have the right to include pirates as stats, they wont be able to pick every one of them out so they have the right because those people are playing on LIVE, they have a system and playing on LIVE. not saying its right though

Hell after two years of sales, L4D2 managed to meet almost half that in two weeks on the Xbox 360. Gears 2 did over half that in 24 hours.

PS3 games neither have long legs, nor sell. "

lol, but L4D2 doesn't sell. It hasn't hit 5 million. That's your mark for a game that is 'bought'.

You are obviously a simple person. I pity your inability to make a comprehensive arguement.

5 million isn't the mark of a game that sells well, it never has been. Never will be. But hey, if it helps you justify your broken console of choice, far be it from me to break your pathetic little fantasies.

when has 5 million been the selling mark?? when a ps3 exclusive gets there, and mgs4 sold 4 million. I hate to start some debate but ps3 games have not been big money makers for Sony or just barely making enough profit for a sequel. about mgs4, which happends to be my 3rd fab game this hen with littlebigplanet being 4th... they just haven't sold the numbers predicted for them...

it's true. I kno what I just did is quite unpopular, argueing with someone who owns a ps3.. oh well

no 360 game has sold 5 million? sure.. keep telling yourself that. halo and gears (really doesn't matter which one, all the latest sequels for these have, besides ODST)

ugh, now to explain again why I chose 5 million, simply because no ps3 exclusive has sold that much, MGS4 being the closest.

u ask who predicted big numbers? just about every new game for the ps3 will be the next big game, then only sell 2 million. I can see you saying 2 million is a lot of copies, of course is, just not the numbers expected for those "killer ips"... in other words, killzone 2 and uc2.

to conclude, plz stop acting all superior and using big words to try and prove to everyone your knowledge, it's easy to see right through you

From someone who was misunderstood by an overambitous Sony fanboy. which calis most certaintly is

"no 360 game has sold 5 million? sure.. keep telling yourself that. halo and gears (really doesn't matter which one, all the latest sequels for these have, besides ODST)"

I didn't say no game has sold over 360. I said 360 games don't do that. And only 2 have done it. So I guess, using your logic, every other 360 game is a flop.

"ugh, now to explain again why I chose 5 million, simply because no ps3 exclusive has sold that much, MGS4 being the closest."

This is so sad. So basically your starting point for a game that sells is 5 million? Therefore, aside from Gears of War 2 and Halo 3, no 360 game sells well either, right?

"u ask who predicted big numbers? just about every new game for the ps3 will be the next big game, then only sell 2 million. I can see you saying 2 million is a lot of copies, of course is, just not the numbers expected for those "killer ips"... in other words, killzone 2 and uc2."

Again, I asked WHO. I know how much they sold, I want to know WHO hyped it up? Find me quotes, find me articles. Basically I am asking you to prove it.

"to conclude, plz stop acting all superior and using big words to try and prove to everyone your knowledge, it's easy to see right through you"

Right through what? I am asking you to justify this idiotic notion that PS3 games don't sell well. And you have no proof of this except an overly ambitious goal that you made up.

From someone who was misunderstood by an overambitous Sony fanboy. which calis most certaintly is"

PS3 games have dreams? Shows you how complex they are. Anyway no PS3 game sells more than 2 million? I guess it's because they are aimed at smart consumers like PS3 owners, few in numbers. Many morons on 360 though, buying last-gen looking DLC whenever they get the chance

How the fanboys of the console that sells the fewest games don't equate sales with quality. They will however equate graphics with quality. I guess when all you have is graphics and reletively low sales, you have to go with your strength.

actually whats "Not surprising" is the butt hurt sony leg humpers such as you two... who are pissed up about the fact that Valve do not need to support the PS3. About the fact that what freaken "expansion pack" as they call it; is able to sell more copies than most PS3 games ever dream on.

What's going on with the world.. one would think that these Sony humpers couldnt be that way off.. but when the stats and charts come out.. it show how these leg humpers are the pathetic minority.